Choices, oh the damn choices.

After reviewing my list I found more and more things to change, but which are better and which changes work better with what changes is still torturing me.

The new list is as follow:

1750 Pts - Imperial Guard Roster

HQ: Company Command Squad (6#, 230 pts)
4 Company Command Squad, 230 pts (Unit Type: Infantry; Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x4; Lasgun x1; Camo Cloak; Regimental Standard; Laspistol x1; Meltagun x2)
1 Colonel 'Iron Hand' Straken (Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Refractor Field; Close Combat Weapon; Plasma Pistol; Shotgun; Cold Steel and Courage; Gung-ho; Man of Adamantium; Senior Officer)
1 Astropath (Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon; Laspistol; Camo Cloak; Telepathic Relay)


Troops: Infantry Platoon (46#, 460 pts)
1 Infantry Platoon, 460 pts
4 Platoon Command Squad (Unit Type: Infantry; Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x4; Meltagun x4)
1 Platoon Commander (Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Laspistol; Close Combat Weapon; Junior Officer)
7 Infantry Squad (Unit Type: Infantry; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x7; Flak Armour; Lasgun x6; Meltagun x1; Combined Squad)
1 Heavy Weapons Team (Missile Launcher; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x1; Flak Armour; Lasgun x1)
1 Commissar (Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Bolt Pistol; Power Weapon; Summary Execution; Stubborn)
1 Sergeant (Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Laspistol; Melta Bombs; Power Weapon)
7 Infantry Squad (Unit Type: Infantry; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x7; Flak Armour; Lasgun x6; Meltagun x1; Combined Squad)
1 Heavy Weapons Team (Missile Launcher; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x1; Flak Armour; Lasgun x1)
1 Sergeant (Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Laspistol; Melta Bombs; Power Weapon)
7 Infantry Squad (Unit Type: Infantry; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x7; Flak Armour; Lasgun x6; Meltagun x1; Combined Squad)
1 Heavy Weapons Team (Missile Launcher; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x1; Flak Armour; Lasgun x1)
1 Sergeant (Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Laspistol; Melta Bombs; Power Weapon)
7 Infantry Squad (Unit Type: Infantry; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x7; Flak Armour; Lasgun x6; Meltagun x1; Combined Squad)
1 Heavy Weapons Team (Missile Launcher; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x1; Flak Armour; Lasgun x1)
1 Sergeant (Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Laspistol; Close Combat Weapon)


Troops: Infantry Platoon (46#, 460 pts)
1 Infantry Platoon, 460 pts
4 Platoon Command Squad (Unit Type: Infantry; Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x4; Meltagun x4)
1 Platoon Commander (Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Laspistol; Close Combat Weapon; Junior Officer)
7 Infantry Squad (Unit Type: Infantry; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x7; Flak Armour; Lasgun x6; Meltagun x1; Combined Squad)
1 Heavy Weapons Team (Missile Launcher; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x1; Flak Armour; Lasgun x1)
1 Commissar (Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Bolt Pistol; Power Weapon; Summary Execution; Stubborn)
1 Sergeant (Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Laspistol; Melta Bombs; Power Weapon)
7 Infantry Squad (Unit Type: Infantry; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x7; Flak Armour; Lasgun x6; Meltagun x1; Combined Squad)
1 Heavy Weapons Team (Missile Launcher; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x1; Flak Armour; Lasgun x1)
1 Sergeant (Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Laspistol; Melta Bombs; Power Weapon)
7 Infantry Squad (Unit Type: Infantry; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x7; Flak Armour; Lasgun x6; Meltagun x1; Combined Squad)
1 Heavy Weapons Team (Missile Launcher; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x1; Flak Armour; Lasgun x1)
1 Sergeant (Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Laspistol; Melta Bombs; Power Weapon)
7 Infantry Squad (Unit Type: Infantry; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x7; Flak Armour; Lasgun x6; Meltagun x1; Combined Squad)
1 Heavy Weapons Team (Missile Launcher; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x1; Flak Armour; Lasgun x1)
1 Sergeant (Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Laspistol; Close Combat Weapon)


Troops: Infantry Platoon (53#, 600 pts)
1 Infantry Platoon, 600 pts
4 Platoon Command Squad (Unit Type: Infantry; Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x4; Krak Grenades; Meltagun x4)
1 Captain Al'rahem (Stalk the Enemy; Claw of the Desert Tigers; Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Plasma Pistol; Desert Raider)
9 Infantry Squad (Unit Type: Infantry; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x9; Flak Armour; Lasgun x8; Meltagun x1; Combined Squad)
1 Commissar (Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Bolt Pistol; Power Weapon; Summary Execution; Stubborn)
1 Sergeant (Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Laspistol; Melta Bombs; Power Weapon)
9 Infantry Squad (Unit Type: Infantry; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x9; Flak Armour; Lasgun x8; Meltagun x1; Combined Squad)
1 Commissar (Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Bolt Pistol; Power Weapon; Summary Execution; Stubborn)
1 Sergeant (Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Laspistol; Melta Bombs; Power Weapon)
9 Infantry Squad (Unit Type: Infantry; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x9; Flak Armour; Lasgun x8; Meltagun x1; Combined Squad)
1 Sergeant (Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Laspistol; Melta Bombs; Power Weapon)
9 Infantry Squad (Unit Type: Infantry; Frag Grenades; Close Combat Weapon x9; Flak Armour; Lasgun x8; Meltagun x1; Combined Squad)
1 Sergeant (Flak Armour; Frag Grenades; Laspistol; Melta Bombs; Power Weapon)
6 Special Weapons Squad (Close Combat Weapon x6; Flak Armour; Lasgun x6; Meltagun x3)


The first main alteration to the list was dropping it to three blobs, freeing up loads of points which could then be spent on the remaining three platoons.

My first port of call was to ditch the autocannons for missile launchers, although I'm still musing over swapping these to lascannons purely for the high strength low AP shots at range which will hopefully help me thin light vehicles and terminator armies better, as well as instant death to paladins or other multi wound T4.

Next up I beefed the squads from 3x infantry squads to 4 giving me more soaking wounds for the squads more essential elements and also a 4th sergeant with MB and a PW. 15 PW attacks if charged or 20 on the charge should hopefully net me 2 to 3 dead marines respectively.

In my outflanking blob I added a second Commissar with PW for just in case issues, mainly to stop jaws or other such abilities from sniping them out and then making the entire blob fold and flee. The extra power weapon is purely a bonus.

Although my other option is to upgrade all the heavy weapons to lascannons and give krak grenades to the CCS. All for the cost of 1 commissar from the outflanking blob. Maybe it’s worth it to add 9 higher Strength shots and 5 krak grenade attacks over 3 power weapon hits.

I'll go into the full list of choices in my next post.